I’m reading The Traveller books by John Twelve Hawks. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re about a dystopian near-future (not too different than the present) and Travellers, “prophets able to journey to different realms of consciousness”. Which got me thinking…if I had the ability to travel to other realms, would I?

I surprised myself by concluding, finally, that I wouldn’t. Here’s the reasoning I went through:

If the other realm was terrible, I wouldn’t want to be there.

If the other realm was wonderful, I wouldn’t want to return, and I belong here.

If the other realm resembled ours–both terrible and wonderful and everything in between–well, I haven’t finished exploring this one yet.